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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots - December 8th, 1974
Pittsburgh Steelers 21 at New England Patriots 17
Sunday, December 8, 1974
Pittsburgh Steelers 21, New England Patriots 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3-1) | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| New England Patriots (7-6-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| PIT | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Mack Herron 17 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | PIT | Roy Gerela 40 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 9 | 7 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 27 yard field goal | 12 | 7 | |
| NWE | John Smith 20 yard field goal | 12 | 10 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Lynn Swann 7 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 19 | 10 |
| 4th | PIT | Safety, Greenwood tackled Plunkett in end zone | 21 | 10 |
| NWE | Mack Herron 5 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 21 | 17 |
Team Stats
| PIT | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-184-1 | 32-79-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-18-86-1-1 | 8-18-127-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 69 | 105 |
| Total yards | 253 | 184 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-44 | 5-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 29 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 10 | 16 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brown | PIT | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Gilliam | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mack Herron | NWE | 19 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 8 | 18 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Adams | NWE | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Wilson | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Harrison | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Prentice McCray | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||